Arizona Marijuana Legalization and Regulations Ban Initiative (2018)
| Arizona Marijuana Legalization and Regulations Ban Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Marijuana | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Arizona Marijuana Legalization and Regulations Ban Initiative was not on the ballot in Arizona as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have legalized marijuana. The measure would have prohibited the state government from (a) recognizing marijuana abuse as a criminal problem; (b) taxing, regulating, or passing laws governing the use of marijuana; (c) assisting the federal government or other government entities in enforcing laws against marijuana; and (d) passing laws discriminating against people or entities who use marijuana.[1]
The measure would have pardoned and cleared the criminal records of people convicted of marijuana offenses. The state would have been prohibited from extraditing persons charged with marijuana crimes to other states or countries.
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Developments in federal marijuana policy
- See also: Federal policy on marijuana, 2017-2018
Although the Department of Justice under Presidents Trump (R) and Obama (D) has not prosecuted most individuals and businesses following state and local marijuana laws as of January 2018, both medical and recreational marijuana are illegal under federal law. In November 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R)—a Trump nominee—told Congress that the policy of his office would stay fundamentally the same as that of the previous two attorneys general, Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch. On January 4, 2018, however, Sessions rescinded the Cole Memo, a 2013 directive that deprioritized the enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states where marijuana had been legalized. This allows federal prosecutors to decide whether or not to enforce federal law regarding marijuana.[2][3]
Path to the ballot
The initiative was filed on March 22, 2017, by the group RAD Final 1. The petition filing designated Mickey Jones as director of the campaign. Supporters of the initiative were required collect 225,963 valid signatures by July 5, 2018.[1] No signatures were filed.
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